In this study the subtropical cells (STC) in the Pacific Ocean are analyzed using an eddy-resolving ocean general circulation model driven by atmospheric forcing for the years 1992-2003. In particular, the authors seek to identify decade changes in the STCs in the model and to compare them with observations in order to understand the consequences of such changes for the equatorial ocean heat and mass budgets. The simulation shows a ...
A high resolution (0.08 deg at equator) Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) simulation is evaluated using observations for the period 1993-2003 for a western Pacific region containing the Kuroshio Extension (KE) (25-45 deg N and 135-180 deg E). Comparisons are made for the KE path and strength and for the upper ocean heat budget. The mean strength and path agree well with observations, except near the KE separation point, where ...
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